Family

Amy Winehouse's husband Blake to end marriage and admits drug blame

Amy Winehouse's husband says he will end their marriage to stop her killing herself with drugs. Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, has admitted for the first time that he got her hooked on heroin and crack cocaine. He said: "I have to...

Results of Grant's DNA test expected this week

Results of Grant's DNA test expected this week - Monday, January 28, 2008 by JASON HEWLETT from Kamloops Daily News It will be a matter of days before results of a DNA swab test let Glendene Grant know if a body found in Texas...

Slain NSG commando's father snubs Kerala chief minister

Bangalore, Dec 1 (IANS) A visibly angry father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the National Security Guard (NSG) commando killed while battling terrorists in Mumbai, Sunday night refused to accept condolences from the Kerala...

Give One Laptop per Child, get an XO for your child--or yourself

Feeling gloomy about the state of the world ? You may think there isn't much you can do about the monumental messes we're in. But here's something that could change things, really change things. Give the XO, this cute-as-a-bug...

COUPLE THROWS A WEDDING, BUT NEGLECTS TO GET MARRIED (Dear Abby)

Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My husband and I just found out that his daughter and her boyfriend duped everyone -- including us -- with a formal, traditional wedding ceremony, but the "marriage" is not legal. They had no intention of...

Nanny who saved toddler : I slammed door in terrorist`s face

Tel Aviv (ANTARA News/dpa) - The nanny who saved a 2-year-old toddler from Mumbai's Nariman House escaped one of the terrorists who had attacked the house and opened fire in her direction by slamming the door in his face. She...

Mumbai terror: Hema’s life revolved around her children

KUALA LUMPUR: Mumbai terror victim Hemalatha Kassippillai was a strong-willed woman who successfully battled congenital heart disease for more than a decade, undergoing two open-heart surgeries. She was described as a fighter...

2008 economic problems don't compare to Great Depression

By DAVE PHILLIPS the (colorado springs) gazette COLORADO SPRINGS — Louise Simpson first realized the extent of the Great Depression through the shoes. However bad the economy seems now, Simpson and others who lived through the...

Bazaar for the children

WESTERN BUREAU:In the past year, five of the children suffering from HIV/AIDS and for whom Michelle Daswani, Elisabeth Simonitsch, Fernanda Hofer and Yoli Mahtani raise funds, lost their battle with the disease.But last...

Miner laments Mt Isa child care shortage

Mining giant Xstrata says a lack of child care in Mount Isa is making it difficult to attract and retain young families to the city.About 150 people turned out for the last of the Queensland Government's Mining Summits which...